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The DWP are quoted as saying the following in this article: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mps-say-cost-of-living-payments-to-disabled-people-should-have-been-higher/
“In the long term, the best way to secure financial security is through work, and thousands of work coaches in jobcentres across the country are on hand to help people find a job, enhance their skills, and reap the benefits of work.”

It's yet another example of how the state is saying fuck you to disabled people, especially if we can't work. The other day I saw an article on The Independent called "Does Jeremy Hunt want to work the disabled to death?" The DWP plans regarding Work Capability Assessment restrictions and eventual abolition is another example. It's' appropriate that the same week David Cameron - who spearheaded ideological austerity that resulted in harm, abuse and death of so many disabled people - returns to government, as Jeremy Hunt spouts bile about "benefit coasters". Meanwhile, bank profits are skyrocketing, and the Tories consider cutting social security to make it even harder to survive on whilst dreaming of cutting inheritance tax (stopped for now, it seems, by "Red Wall" Tories). This is eugenics. This is ableism. This is class war. This needs to be resisted and fought with all our collective might.

#AbolishTheState